MAS o Menos

New Zealand seems to be the motherland of extreme sports. There were many opportunities to skydive or bungee. We passed on those, but did decide to try Black Water Rafting. This is going through underground caves on an intertube and freezing cold water with only a miner’s helmet for light. At two points we had to do blind backwards jumps off ledges into the underground current. Did I mention the water was freezing? The wet suit didn’t keep you warm.

The photos taken by our tour group were lousy quality, so we didn’t buy the CD. However, thanks to Flickr I was able to find this cool photo and photo gallery of a guy that went in the same caves we did with a different tour company.

New Zealand Overview
Day 1-4, 9-10 - Auckland
Day 2 - Whangarei Falls
Day 3 - Coromandel
Day 4 - Rangitoto
Day 5 - Whakarewarewa Thermal Village
Day 6 - Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
Day 6 - Hobbiton
Day 8 - Taupo / Huka Falls
Day 9 - Black Water Rafting
Day 9 - Tirau

Tags: new-zealand, rafting